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  • Features of Pipes:
    • Pipes can be "tuned" to maximize performance.
      • Can adjust pipe properties including transfer length (/TL=).
    • NeXtMidas pipes support "warm starts."
      • Significant changes to the pipe structure can be made without restarting the macro.
      • Primitives "down the line" automatically adjust to the changes in the pipe.
    • NeXtMidas pipes are automatically created and destroyed.
      • Unlike X-Midas there is no need to predefine the number of pipes (X-Midas uses /NP= to set the maximum number of pipes).
X-Midas Users Take Note:
X-Midas pipes require tuning to make them work correctly. NeXtMidas pipes usually work "out of the box" and use tuning to improve performance.